A retained surgical sponge is an infrequent occurrence, since sponges are carefully counted at the end of all major surgical procedures. Since sponges undergo no decomposition, they usually result in an inflammatory reaction and subsequent foreign body granuloma.' Misleading postoperative complicati
Sonographic appearance of a retained surgical sponge in the neck
β Scribed by Marta Burrel; Sebastian Capurro; Pedro Arguis; Ramon Vilana
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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